Actor Adam Driver (1983)

Directed by Ridley Scott, an American film House of Gucci (2021) is a biographical crime drama based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. Set in Italy during the year 1978, it follows Patrizia Reggiani as she works as an office manager for her father’s small trucking firm. At a party, she meets Maurizio Gucci, a law student and heir to 50% of the Gucci fashion house through his father Rodolfo. Patrizia aggressively pursues Maurizio and they fall in love. Despite warnings from Rodolfo ...

A historical action drama, The Last Duel (2021), directed by Ridley Scott and written by Nicole Holofcener, tells the story of French squires Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris during the Caroline War. Divided into three chapters, each chapter presents the same story from a different perspective. In summary, after serving in the war, Jean and Jacques pledge loyalty to Count Pierre d’Alençon, who has been appointed as Jean’s overlord by King Charles VI. Seeking financial gain, Jean marries Marguerite de Thibouville under the assumption that her father, ...

Marriage Story (2019), a drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, also produced by David Heyman. The play, helmed by Charlie Barber, successful theater director of Exit Ghost in New York City, stars his wife Nicole who used to be an actress but is now content with not acting. However, their marriage is suffering as they seek mediation and are advised to write down what they appreciate about each other. Despite agreeing to go through the process together, Nicole declines to read her words aloud and they decide to skip counseling altogether. Later, Nicole receives ...

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019) is the highly anticipated American epic space opera film, helmed by renowned director J. J. Abrams who also serves as one of its co-writers and producers. This highly anticipated film marks the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following the successful releases of The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). It is also the final chapter in the nine-part Skywalker saga. In his quest to gain power, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to Exegol, where he discovers a resurrected Emperor Palpatine ...

Logan Lucky (2017), a heist comedy film, was helmed by the renowned director Steven Soderbergh and written by Rebecca Blunt. Soderbergh famously ended his retirement for this project and distributed it independently through his company, Fingerprint Releasing. The protagonist of the film, Jimmy Logan, is let go from his construction job at Charlotte Motor Speedway. During a visit with his ex-wife Bobbie Jo to see their daughter Sadie rehearse for a beauty pageant, Jimmy discovers that Bobbie Jo and her new spouse are moving ...

Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) is the second part of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the eighth episode in the Skywalker saga, following The Force Awakens (2015). General Leia Organa leads the Resistance forces in evacuating their base after the battle of Starkiller Base. Despite her orders, Poe Dameron initiates a costly counterattack that destroys a First Order dreadnought. The Resistance escapes into hyperspace, but the First Order has a tracking device and attacks again. Kylo Ren hesitates to fire on the lead ship upon sensing ...

Silence (2016) is an epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. The story follows two devout Portuguese Catholic priests, Sebastião Rodrigues and Francisco Garupe, who embark on a journey to Japan in 1633. Their mission: to uncover the truth behind their mentor Father Cristovão Ferreira’s abrupt end of correspondence. Despite hearing rumors of Ferreira’s apostasy, the determined Jesuit missionaries press on, facing brutal anti-Christian purges in their search for their friend and ...

The American epic space opera film, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens  (2015), was co-produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. Three decades after the Battle of Endor, the once-defeated Galactic Empire has been replaced by the First Order, determined to overthrow the New Republic. In opposition, General Leia Organa leads the Resistance with support from the Republic. Searching for her missing twin brother Luke Skywalker, Leia enlists help from an old ally on Jakku, where Resistance pilot Poe Dameron receives a map to Luke’s whereabouts. However, their plans are interrupted when Kylo Ren ...

While We’re Young (2014) is an American comedy-drama film by Noah Baumbach. The film follows Josh and Cornelia Srebnick, a married couple and filmmakers living in New York City. Josh has been working on his documentary about leftist intellectual Ira Mandelstam for the past decade, without allowing his producer wife to assist. After giving a lecture at the college where he teaches, Josh meets Jamie and Darby Massey – a young couple who invite him and Cornelia to dinner. Jamie admires Josh’s work and that of his father-in-law, esteemed documentary filmmaker Leslie Breitbart. As they spend more time with ...

Directed by John Curran, the Australian drama film Tracks (2013) stars Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver. Based on Robyn Davidson’s memoir of the same name, it follows her nine-month camel trek through the Australian desert. The film was featured at both the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) and the 70th Venice International Film Festival. In 1977, Robyn moves to Alice Springs with plans to embark on a 2,700-kilometre journey across the ...

Noah Baumbach’s American black-and-white comedy-drama, Frances Ha (2012), stars Greta Gerwig as the titular character. Frances is a 27-year-old dancer living in New York City with her college best friend, Sophie. However, their living arrangement is disrupted when Sophie announces she will be moving to her dream neighborhood, Tribeca, with another friend. As a struggling apprentice at a dance company, Frances cannot afford the Brooklyn apartment on her own and must find alternative housing. She temporarily moves in with friends Lev and Benji in Chinatown. Meanwhile, ...